Mini Victoria sponge pops

Name: Mini Victoria sponge pops
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: a little milk, for mixing (optional); 30 g/1¼ oz/scant ¼ cup cream cheese; 30 g/1¼ oz/2½ tbsp butter, softened; 100 g/3¾ oz/scant 1 cup icing (confectioners’) sugar, plus extra for dusting; 10 tiny ribbons (optional); 10 lollipop sticks; 60–75 ml/4–5 tbsp good quality strawberry jam; 50 g/2 oz/¼ cup caster (superfine) sugar; 50 g/2 oz/¼ cup butter, softened; 5 ml/1 tsp baking powder; 50 g/2 oz/½ cup self-raising (self-rising) flour, sifted; 5 ml/1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 egg

Preparation info

Makes
10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cakes

By Ann Nicol

Published 2014

About

The Victoria sponge is one of England’s most popular teatime treats - light vanilla cakes sandwiched together with buttercream and jam, and elegantly dusted with icing sugar. These mini versions are perfect for serving with a pot of freshly brewed tea for an afternoon tea party.

Ingredients

For the Cakes

50 g/2 oz/¼ cup butter, softened
50

Europe
United Kingdom
Mediterranean
Vegetarian
England
Cake

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Grease a 10-cup straight-sided mini muffin tin (pan). Cream the butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract.
Sift the flour and baking powder into the butter mixture, then fold in. Divide th